is an investigation that stretches back two months. you have three eenge girls who go missing. three very different outcomes. one teen mom and her baby who returned home safely. another teen is found dead. and a third teen, you saw the happy reunion right there, or so we thought. don't you worry, i'm here -- those words from a daughter comforting her mother. moments before this, we were about to sit down and interview venus iretta. she and police were pleading for her daughter, also named venus, to come home. they feared she was in danger. suddenly she walked into our interview. >> gracias. >> gone for a month, returning tuesday with a valentine's day gift for her mom. i asked her about the other two recent disappearances. that of a teen mom and her baby, who returned home safely saturday, and alexandra reyes from

>> did you hear about the other cases too? >> about lizzy and the other girl, i heard about them. that's why i came, because i thought my mom would be so bad. >> without you? >> reporter: venus told me she was with friends. i asked her about those friends. did you know if some of the people you may have been with were connected to -- >> no. >> so it's not related? >> not related. after our interview, police arrived at the home and then this. >> venus is connected to this crime. >> the missing teen thought to be in danger, thought to be a victim, now one of the ten suspects identified in a murder. >> i can't give the details of that. >> reporter: just in the last hour, police releasing these images. you're looking at four of the suspects who are behind bars right here in fairfax county tonight. why are we only showing you four of them?

the other six are juveniles. coming up on news4 at 6:00, there's a lot to this that continues. you have to understand this is an investigation that overlaps with other investigations, and it goes well beyond fairfax county. i'll walk you through that ahead in our next hour. >> david culver, thank you. we have a developing story this afternoon, a bit unusual. a plane hits a deer on takeoff. a deer. the american airlines flight was traveling from charlotte to mississippi, but as it lifted off, it hit the deer and immediately circled back and made an emergency landing. crews had to spray the plane with foam because it was leaking fuel after the collision with the animal. 44 passengers were on board, no injuries, the airport is now looking at how the deer made it onto the runway in the first place. because it's surrounded by more than 19 miles of fencing, with barbed wire. just 24 hours after the white house

donald trump asked national security adviser michael flynn to resign, the president is now blaming the media for flynn's downfall. president trump met today with israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu at a joint news conference today. they discussed a desire for a peace deal in the middle east. but the president's first question focused on flynn's dismissal. >> general flynn and a wonderful man. i think he's been treated very, very unfairly by the media, very unfair what's happened to general flynn, the way he was treated. and the documents and papers that were illegally -- i stress that -- illegally leaked. >> the president did not respond to shouted questions about a "new york times" report today that his campaign aides were in contact with russian intelligence before the election. a national security adviser is the president's confidant for issues involving the military,

terrorism, and even natural disasters. and while flynn served less than a month, he still had close access to the president, taking part in issues with north korea and iran. most national advisers are not well known before or after they leave. henry kissinger is one of the longest tenured. he also served as secretary of state, so did colin powell and condoleezza rice. susan rice became obama's national security adviser after a term as the u.n. ambassador. on capitol hill tonight, we are hearing growing calls by lawmakers on both sides of the aisle for a closer look at general flynn. >> they're joining us now with a look at where that stands, nbc's capitol hill correspondent cassie hunt. thank you for joining us. it's busy up there these days. the democrats are the most vocal when it calls for an independent investigation into flynn. what are we hearing from republicans who control the house and the senate? how are they responding? >> reporter: well, at this point, wendy,

into michael flynn and more broadly russian mettling in the u.s. election is anythigoing to in the house and senate intelligence committees. that's important because they have broader powers to look at classified information, but on the other hand, they can keep the results of their investigation secret. republicans will decide once the investigation is complete, which pieces of that to release. that's part of why you're seeing so much pressure from democrats to make a select committee, take this outside of those intelligence committees so that there's more of a public accounting here. we do know though, that senate republicans will at least expand the scope of the senate intelligence committee investigation to include the contacts that flynn had with the russian ambassador that have led to his resignation. >> kasey, as you well know, among those calling for an independent investigation, chuck schumer. let's take a listen to what he had to say.

involved with this investigation, he would be violating justice department guidelines. >> sessions to recuse himself. any response from the a.g. or doj. >> at this point, we haven't seen a response. but it's something the democrats want to make sure that they're focused on. they want to focus as much as possible on potential conflicts of interest across the trump administration and this plays into that. >> we also had another big announcement today, the pick for labor secretary has withdrawn. what are the reasons behind that, and what does it have to do with oprah? >> it's an unusual situation that we are talking about oprah winfrey up here on capitol hill, but that is part of the story today. mr. puzder withdrawing his nomination to be labor secretary after there was increasing private opposition fr

hill. it was looking as though his nomination was not going to pass the full senate when it came to a vote. and that was driven by concerns about mr. puzder's personal life, as well as his hiring of an undocumented worker. but a big part of it was this video from the oprah winfrey show, decades doing, in 1990 where its ex-wife alleged domestic abuse. she later recanted those allegations and he has always denied them, but video from this was shown behind closed doors to members of the senate committee that was going to decide, hold hearings on this nomination tomorrow. and that video was made public this morning. and that is part of what led to a storm of criticism that ultimately caused his nomination to be withdrawn. >> okay, thanks so much, kasie hunt. we invite you to stay tuned for nbc nightly news with lester holt for all the latest updates from the nbc political team at the whiho

hill. back close to home tonight, there is sharp criticism in fairfax county for the way an immigration and customs enforcement action was carried out. some of the men had just stepped out of a church that shelters the homeless. our northwestern virginia bureau chief spoke to some of those who witnessed the incident. julie? >> reporter: hey, jim, that church, rising hope mission church, right across the street on russell road there. last wednesday morning, some of the folks who stayed there overnight in the hypothermia shelter, had just left, crossed over to this side of the street, when is.c.e. agents moved in an ordered a group of latino men up against the wall. >> stop right there, stop right there, stay behind the wall where we can see your hands. >> reporter: that's what green card holder oscar rodriguez remembers the i.c.e. agents saying when a dozen of them surrounded him and another man. >> they started

questioning questioning, and then they have a computer, they put the -- they ask all of them to put the finger and they find out whatever charges i have, or whatever ticket they have. >> reporter: rodriguez said agents quickly cleared him but he and two other witnesses say a half dozen other latino men were arrested and taken away in two vans that later pulled up. how many people do you recall seeing taken into custody? >> at least seven. six or seven. >> reporter: rodriguez and other shelter residents rattled by what they saw. >> this is the first time i see something like that. >> it surprised me. i think it surprised a lot of people that seen it happen. >> reporter: i.c.e. officials have a different version of events. they say only two men were arrested across the street from the church. the pastor at rising hope troubled by how this enforcement action was carried out. >> they were clearly targeting the church because they anyhow

th -- knew that they stayed here in the hypothermia shelter. so they were waiting for them to cross the street and then jump on them. >> reporter: but an i.c.e. spokesperson said the agency's sensitive location policy was followed. it instructs agents to avoid arrests arrests at places of worship. she emphasized the arrest took place across the street, not to church property. an immigration attorney spoke to the witnesses and his take on whether or not it was an unusual action. that's later. >> thank you, julie. and a day without immigrants protest takes place tomorrow. some local restaurants are voluntarily closing and others will offer a limited menu. news4 chris gordon is talking to participants about what they hope to accomplish with this. his

news4 at 5:30. the sun is shining outside, but the temperatures have gone down. and the wind, going way up. take a look outside right now. satellite radar showing you this system that moved through this morning. you can see the colder air drifting through. now the front is in the ocean. the winds gusting up to 20 to 30 miles an hour. 40 in baltimore, near d.c. all near 40 miles an hour. the winds will stay up through the overnight hours and into tomorrow. so the wind continues. it will drop a little bit tonight, but not much. much colder tonight. windchills in the 20s. just about all day tomorrow. and then the pattern changes again as we head toward the weekend. your complete forecast, see you back here in about ten minutes. we have new details about the man run over in the parking lot of a shopping center and his mother is demanding an explanation. plus, the major security

u.s. capitol complex. and her time here in washington coming to an end. a rush to see bao

this evening, one person is recovering after someone opened fire in d.c.'s pet worth neighborhood a block off georgia ave.

pat? >> reporter: jim, broad daylight bullets here. one man shot and wounded, two cars hit, neighbors on edge. the crime scene here took up an entire city block. it was a lot of lead in the air. ninth and crittenden streets northwest, around 11:00 in the morning. this is how they say it went down. a barrage of gunfire, five or six shots. a man is struck, but the bullets keep on flying. one of them ends up in victoria evans' car. >> where were you when it happened? >> i was in my house. >> did you hear any gunfire? >> i heard gunfire, but i don't know who it was, who got shot. all i know is a bullet hole is in my car. that's

another burst of gunfire, maybe five or six more bullets fired. one of them pierces the back of candace young's kia. >> it went through the gate and lodged in the back rear seat. >> did they get the bullet out, the cops? >> yeah. >> reporter: what do you make of this? >> it's frustrating. you know, i mean, you don't know what to think. >> reporter: now you might say, okay, this happened, it won't happen again. not so, say the neighbors. i'll have more on that coming up at 6:00. wendy, back to you. >> pat collins, thank you. new details on plans for some major security upgrades at the u.s. capitol complex. t news4 team has learned they're planning a series of enhancements, including an invisible fence alarm system, they're also planning to add

k-9 teams outside entrances, to better keep potential threats from approaching capital buildings. more on that and a look back at some scares at the capital coming up on news4 at 6:00. new questions today about the security of your information online. yahoo is letterialerting users another potential breach. it happened between 2015 and 2016. it links the breach with the same one that stole private information from more than a billion users three years ago. in that attack, hackers took e-mails, birth dates, and answers to security questions. not clear whether they took the same information in this new potential hack. >> well, you better hurry, you've got only a few more days to see bao bao at our national zoo. this time next week, she'll be settling into her new home in china.

zoo today and talked to some visitors who are very sad to see her go. >> reporter: sammy brought his panda to say goodbye to bao bao. his brother will isn't happy about her leaving either. >> come back to washington, d.c. >> reporter: there's a bit of heartbreak at the national zoo. >> she has been a beautiful addition here. she's made us laugh, she's made us cry. she will make us cry more. >> reporter: bao bao has grown up before our eyes, from that stick of butter, to her very first birthday, and the second and the third. but soon, bao bao will be 4, that means it's time to go. >> we know she's going to go to china and hopefully have little bao baos, or little bao bao juniors, whatever you want to call them and fulfill her destiny of becoming a mom. >> reporter: it's hard, like family. >> she's a spit fire and

and just like her dad. >> reporter: from her enclosure, to a 16-hour direct flight. >> i'll travel with her on the flight, and then we'll drive up to the base where she'll stay for 30-day quarantine and i'll stay with her for a few days to hand her off. >> no shortage of panda hats at the zoo now or love for bao bao. >> i'm going to miss her. >> reporter: kristen wright, news4. so how exactly do you ship a panda overseas? well, you can take a look at the delicate operation in a special story we've got on our nbc washington app. just search panda. when you win the super bowl, you say you're going to go to disney world. when you win the westminster kennel dog club show, you get a very different kind of celebration. >> and this is big, folks. the country's newest top dog celebrated up in the big apple. this is roamer, the german shepherd enjoying a steak lunch at manhattan's legendary sarty's, the mid town

and famous, and for its caricatures of celebrities covering the walls. roamer beat out 2,800 dogs last night. the first herding dog to do so in three decades. boy, he's liking that. >> boy, who wouldn't. so we're celebrating random acts of kindness week by paying it forward. sheena parveen collected pet food for the humane rescue alliance and took treats to the volunteers today. show us how you spread the love. take a picture or video and tweet us with the #pay it forward. three african american women waged a battle against racism to send a man to the moon. their efforts inspired a hollywood movie. tonight the women who are now carrying on their legacy. and the findings that may lead to a way to detect ausm tiin

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all right, doug. >> i know people who are out playing golf today. >> it's crazy. >> you wanted random acts of kindness? >> thank you. >> i got it for you. i got you a great weekend out there too. is that your dog? >> that is my dog. [ laughter ] >> i've never seen your dog. he's a cutie. >> people say it's a cage. it's just a crate and he loves it. >> there goes t

that's telling me i gotta move over to do the weather. it's beautiful, beautiful out there right now. very windy and turning cold. temperatures right now, cold, 44 degrees, 40 degrees at 7:00, down to 34 by 11, and the windchills will be in the 20s by that time. they're already way down right now. already seeing windchills in the 20s around winchester, back towards martinsburg. gaithersburg at 44 and fredericksburg. cold night tonight and a cold day tomorrow. no rain, no snow to talk about. some showers earlier today. we watched this front here, right in there, watch it come through the area. you see it right there, dropping on down, and notice the snow back to the west. this is lake-effect snow that will affect parts of our western areas, back towards western maryland. some of the ski resorts might get a bit up, but for us, colde

so there's the cold air racing in. 20 in pittsburgh, 21 in state college. even down to the south we're on the colder side. now, speaking of cold, the cold is here. the next big change through the weekend. i'll move that over the next time you see that map at 6:00. much warmer weather back towards the west. they'll be in the 70s tomorrow in denver. the cold air moves out, here comes the remember wawarmer air remains through the weekend and most of next week. warmer air returns, back into the 60s for this weekend. staying mild right on through next week. so if you want to take the tee time for this weekend, no problem. want to play tennis outdoors, jim? no problem. wendy, want to take the cat for a walk? >> no. >> okay, you can do that too. 39 tomorrow, mixture of sun and clouds. cold tomorrow. tomorrow is not the day to take the cat for a walk. as you make your way out,

will be fine at the bus stop, 32 at 7:00 a.m., as long as as they the coats, the hats, the gloves. temperatures rising through the 30s, maybe to 39. that means many of you in the suburbs will be colder than that. next couple days, the 60s. 50 degrees on friday. not bad on friday night, if you have a date night or dinner plans. saturday and sunday, high to low mid 60s. presidents day weekend really looking good. tuesday, tracking a little system to bring in more cloud cover. temperatures around 62 there, but, wow, what a great ten-day forecast that is. >> we are loving it. doug, thank you. mixed news tonight in the battle against hiv. the one state in our area seeing a significant drop, and the one group in which infections are rising. and immigrant workers are planning a major protest against president trump tomorrow. and it could have a huge impact on our area residents. >> coming up on news4, a mother presses charges against a man accused of running

and killing him. the latest in this ongoing investigation next.

now at 5:30, some local restaurants will join the day without immigrants protest tomorrow. and the impact and what they hope to accomplish. but first a mother looking for jce

killed her son on monday to face charges. but police say that could be a case of self-defense. and we are now learning that the driver and the victim's mother got into a fight in that parking lot of an upper marlboro mall just moments after that crash. our bureau chief is live with more on this investigation. >> police are still investigating. this is a very complicated case with lots of moving parts, but i talked to the victim's mother today and she's saying that she wants the man who hit and killed her son to face charges for what happened to her. >> he's pressing charges for what he did to me. >> reporter: she says she wants the man who killed her son, 21-year-old nathaniel mckinnon, arrested for assaulting her. >> and punched me, and slammed me to the ground, and put his knee in my back and just told me down. >> reporter: she said after a n

son in an upper marlboro parking lot, he then attacked her as she tried to go to her son's lifeless body. >> i go over to him and i said, what did you do to my baby? and he proceeds to fight me with his fists. >> reporter: it unfolded monday in the 5000 block of brown station road. the driver of this burgundy range rover has not been named by police. according to a document, the daughter and the son of that driver were assaulted during a dispute the night before. and a weapon was discharged. no one was struck. nathaniel mckinnon is not named in the document, but police sources say he may have been there. the driver's daughter was also on the scene. the mother says they both followed them to this parking lot. >> she don't have any bruises on her like i do from her dad bruising me and punching me up and throwing me to the ground. she don't have that on her, that you stalked my baby and hunt him down and take law into

hands and got the wrong child. >> reporter: police say the driver intentionally ran over mckinnon. the question is, was it self-defense? an ak-47 was retrieved near mckinnon's body. >> this reminds me of the same case down in florida where you feel like you're going to take the law into your own hands. and this is not a stand your ground state. >> reporter: we have not been able to confirm if the mother was able to press those charges today. she told me this morning that was her intention. we went by the driver's home today to see if he had any comment about what's unfolded since he was released from police custody. he came to the door, but then walked away, did not respond to any questions. i'm tracee wilkins. and i should mention tonight at 6:00 p.m., a candle light vigil for mckinnon will be held here in this shopping lot. back to you in the studio. >> tracee, thank you. long commutes, traffic jams, construction detours. sound familiar? these things confront northern virginiave

every day. despite them all, people who live in the area are growing more positive about the future. that's according to a new survey done by the north american virginia transportation authority. the group used surveys and focus groups and community meetings t gather input from people who live in the region. results show a 25% jump in the number of people who think the region is doing a good job addressing congestion problems, from 43% to 68% since 2015. >> we think that's largely because for the first time in many, many years, they're seeing a large number of new investments take place in our region that are actually going to make a serious difference in getting people home from work at the end of the day more quickly and more conveniently. >> again, this survey done by the northern virginia transportation authority also finds people want choices on transit, including buses, walkways, and bike paths. well, tents have popped up again at that homeless

freeway. just hours after the bowser administration and the district sent dump trucks and back hoes to remove them. the district posted notices, warning those who were living under the freeway that they would be moved because of a public health concern. some of those living in the tents agreed to move to shelters. others remained on the streets. tomorrow the district is placing a fence around that area to block the homeless from setting up camp again. huge crowds of immigrant workers staying off the job to protest president trump's immigration policies. this was the scene in milwaukee during monday's day without immigrants protest. a similar protest is being planned for our area tomorrow. and it could have a big impact on local restaurants. news4's chris gordon is live with more on what we can expect. chris? >> reporter: well, jim, we are told that the protests will have an immediate impact on the bottom line of many restaurants and small

metropolitan washington sent us a statement saying 23% of food workers are foreign born. and concludes by saying immigrants play a very important role in the restaurant industry. the goal of the day without immigrants is not only to protest the immigration policies of president trump, but also to demonstrate how important immigrants are in our daily lives. bus boys and poets is closing all six of its locations. its 600 employees are being allowed to use a vacation day to participate in the day without immigrants. brenda pauma is from guatemala. she has worked for bus boys and poets since it opened 12 years ago. >> because i am immigrant, and they are like -- we are like brothers, like a family. so it's a whole family. we should support each other. so our voices, they can hear our voices. we have the pow

bus boys and poets is participating in day without immigrants. >> you solve the immigration issue by having comprehensive immigration reform that takes human beings into account and makes sure we don't split up families, don't take away children from their mothers, we don't separate husbands and wives. >> reporter: the blooming dale section of the district is not closing, but its owners are giving kitchen and wait staff the day off. >> we will be giving them a paid day off and we will be in the kitchen cooking. >> will you have a full or limited menu? >> limited. very limited. myself and my business partner, and we're not exactly the most talented chefs. >> reporter: well, it's not just restaurants that will be impacted by tomorrow's day without immigrants. ahead at 6:00, why one d.c. charter school decided to give its students the day off tomorrow

>> chris, thank you. what do you think about the restaurants closing for the day without immigrants protest tomorrow? that's our nbc washington flash survey this afternoon. so far, most of you say you support it. you can weigh in on the nbc washington facebook page. there is a new tool today to detect autism. coming up, how these findings could lead to a test, as well as therapies that work before the symptoms begin to show. also tonight, childcare more expensive than college tuition. we go behind the numbers to see just how mucheople in our area p

a new government report shows that hiv rates are on the decline here in the u.s. but maryland is one of seven states seeing a significant drop. that's according to the centers for disease control and prevention. it is crediting stepped-up efforts to diagnose and treat infections. it's also seeing an 18% drop in new infections in the overall population. a nearly 60% drop in people who inject drugs. but the cdc data also shows hiv infections increasing in young gay and bisexual men as well as gay and bisexual latino men of all ages. and there's new research that shows that scanning a

brain may help predict whether or not the child will get autism. researchers studied the scans of babies across the u.s. and canada. some of them had older siblings with autism and were considered high-risk. in studying the brain's volume, scientists were able to identify the autism babies 80% of the time. the study is published in the journal "nature." the cost of raising a child is on the rise in our region and across the country. our news partners found that childcare is more than a mortgage, and more than college tuition. new research from childcare aware found that parents in the district are spending on average nearly $23,000 a years. in maryland, it's pricey at nearly $15,000. virginia is the cheapest by far at just over $12,000. but you'll likely pay more the closer to the city you get. and for those who opt for nanny care, experts say youul

a year. her life story portrayed in the movie "hidden figures." her experiences are inspiring so many more. up next, the modern figures following in the foot steps of kathryn johnson and the other black women who helped send a man to the moon. and the cost of some prescription drugs rising and getting out of the reach of those who need it most. how local lawmakers are trying to fix that. and it's blustery out there right now, with feels-like temperatures in the 30s. e

you're watching news4 at 5:00. ten arrests in connection to the murder of a 15-year-old maryland girl. alexandra reyes was found dead over the weekend in fairfax county, and police tell us, among those in custody is a 17-year-old girl seen there, who went missing and returned home last night. a man is recovering after someone opened fire in d.c.'s petworth neighborhood in northwest. witnesses heard at least five shots earlier today along ninth street, just a block off busy georgia avenue, and some cars have bullet holes from the va

exchange. andy puzder, the head of the fast-food restaurant chain withdrew his nomination amid growing questions about his busy record, as well as allegations of domestic abuse from his ex-wife that were later recanted. if you're keeping up with the oscar contenders this year, you probably know the box office sensation "hidden figures" is one of the nominees for best picture. >> and i think everybody who has seen it loves it. it's the story of three african american women, mathematicians, working for nasa, back in the '50s and '60s during the space race. the problem was, they couldn't gain recognition and advancement for amazing skills, because they were separated from the rest of the team in a room of all african american women. >> well, tonight, barbara harrison tells us what happened next. >> jim and wendy, their challenge to end that discrimination against them seemed harder at the time than landing a man on the moon. they were women, some of them with advanced degrees in math and engineering, but they were never able to advance in those

matched their abilities. they weren't even allowed to use the ladies room except the one that was designated just for them. i recently made a trip down to nasa's langley research center in hampton, virginia, to find out what's going on there now. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: how high can you climb here? you might say the sky has never been the limit at nasa's langley research center in hampton, virginia. >> right now, we're looking at sending humans to mars. >> reporter: nasa engineer julie williams-bird is one of the women nasa has designated a modern figure. based on the book and movie "hidden figures," which chronicles the work of three women who contributed in america's success in the race to the moon. >> think about sending humans to mars, we start with a concept. >> reporter: she says scientists here visualize an idea first. if you can dream it, you can do it. >> this is it. this is our advanced

laboratory. >> i came to nasa in 1967, two years before they walked on the moon. i'm in the "hidden figures" book at the end of the book as sort of standing on the shoulders of the three that were in the movie. >> reporter: christine darden was hired as a computer programmer at nasa. she eventually wanted to do more. >> i had asked before of my immediate supervisors, to, if i could work in an engineering group. >> reporter: turned down, she had the courage to go to a more senior supervisor, because of the shoulders she stood on. like those of katherine johnson. >> algebra or calculus, what was your favorite? >> liked them all. >> reporter: at 98 now, she said she would still like to be back in her chair at nasa. >> do you miss being there? >> i miss working. i've worked all my life. always had a job. >> reporter: her first job at nasa was as a computer programmer, working in a segregated un

american women. but she was eventually recognized for her brilliant math skills. >> doing math problems was never a challenge? >> never a problem. >> reporter: the bigger challenge was overcoming the racial prejudice there. >> so this is the ladies room? >> one of them. >> one of the ladies rooms, yes, it is. >> and open to everyone? >> open to everyone. it doesn't have colored on it. everybody can use it. >> the day i went, they had removed that and that had me running. >> you weren't running back and forth, no. >> we were able to move up in our jobs because of what they did and the way they worked. >> reporter: christine darden rose to the rank of supervisor and retired as head of the department of education and legislative affairs. >> this is my office. >> reporter: julie williams-bird is heading a department, working on going to mars. >> no, i had the same job the whole

did it ever get boring? >> never. >> the sky was never the limit for how far she and others could climb here. if you could dream it, you could probably do it. well, you just saw the last surviving member of the group of three, highlighted in that movie "hidden figures." coming up tonight at 6:00, i get to spend some time with her, learning about what she went through, and about her life today. it's fascinating. it's also a lot of fun. i hope you'll join us to see that. she's really an amazing lady. >> and what a history. she's 98. the stories she can tell. >> and although she said she had the same job, she really didn't. she moved up to the point that there were astronauts who didn't want to go up without having her look at the trajectory and say, yes, this is going to work. and she did it all by hand. she was a human computer, and still is. you'll see that tonight. >> that's going to be interesting.

d.c. united doesn't have a new soccer stadium yet but we know what it's going to be called. the planned stadium in southwest washington will be audi field. the automaker bought the rights to put its name on the stadium. don't know how much audi paid, but generally naming rights are worth millions of dollars to professional teams. d.c. united hopes to begin stadium construction pretty soon, and it opens the 20th 20,000 seat facility sometime next year. i love that drawing. >> very exciting. so we had quite a blustery day today. what was the wind speed out there? >> at times, wind gusts close to 40 miles an hour. >> it felt like it. >> that's still the case overnight. but during the day tomorrow, so the winds are going to be with us. that's going to put feels-like temperatures in the 20s throughout the day. your first weather headline, we hav

logical spring, march 1st. the equinox is going to be happening on march 1st, very early in the morning. that's really when we see the signs of spring. your second weather headline, it's cold, feels like 20s. then the long weekend, really nice, mild temperatures, in the 60s saturday, sunday and monday. 44 degrees in washington. and tomorrow throughout the day, it's cold, but the weather's having a low impact on your thursday. for the commute, dry both ways, but we will be dealing with winds, especially going into work and sun glare as well. make sure you have sunglasses in the car. the kids definitely need the warm jacket. and exercise as well, if you have to get the outdoor run in tomorrow, make sure you have layers. we start the day around 30, but the winds feel like we're in the teens and 20s. i'll be posting on my facebook page and twitter what exactly it will feel like in your neighborhood so you can head there and check that out.

high tomorrow, 39. colder than today and tomorrow night, it's just cold. great night to have a fire in the fireplace. 7:00 p.m., already around 35 degrees. then we look to the weekend. we want it to be nice. we have three days off. you could go to the ski resorts, it's going to be mild with spring conditions out there on the slopes. slushy. i said this earlier, but i'll say it again. make sure you have a nice layer of wax on the snowboard and skis. if you want to bike or hike, a little bit cool, especially in the shade, but i think a nice warm jacket and thin gloves, you'll be just fine this weekend. the golf course is open, i called today, make sure you make the tee time around 11:00 a.m. or maybe noon and it will be more comfortable out there. take a look at the numbers. friday is going to be the transition day to warmer weather, with the high around 50. then the mid 60s saturday, sunday and monday. after that, still above normal for late february,

to stay on the warm side. we're looking at highs in the mid to upper 50s next week after the long holiday weekend. >> nice stretch. >> yeah, i'm liking it. coming up, maryland cracks down on high drug prices. plus a change in the way some d.c. residents make home repairs. >> for years this has been home to some of the longest and dreaded lines in local government. i'm mark segraves, coming up on news4, we'll tell you how now you can make a reservation. >> i'm scott mac farl an at the capital you'll notices changes even iyou don't enter. f

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maryland lawmakers are trying to force drug makers to curb the cost of prescription medication. attorney general brian frosh and some top democrats unveiled legislation today that would require drug companies to explain price hikes. the bill also would allow for legal action against companies that are price gouging. the pharmaceutical industry is pushing back, saying, explaining prices would require them to release trade secrets. if you've ever had to go downtown to stand in line for a permit to do work to your home and wait around all day for an inspector to come to your house, you know just how frustrating it can be. but today, district officials unveiled a new way of doing business. our mark segraves shows us how

d.c. is now like getting a boarding pass at the airport. the lines at the district's department of consumer and regulatory affairs can be -- long. >> individuals had no idea how long they had to wait or how long the process was going to be if they came down to our brick and mortar office. >> reporter: people who have to wait in the lines range from homeowne homeowners to contractors working on major projects. >> they spent a lot of time down here. so this is a big deal for them. >> reporter: the big deal is an online reservation system that officials hope will reduce wait times. instead of waiting in line, now you can make a reservation, and when you arrive, you'll check in at a kiosk, just like at the airport. >> so we know that you've arrived, that you're here, and that will be next up. >> reporter: another improvement rolled out today, many of those same people waiting in line would also have to spend just as much time waiting around for

site. >> you had no idea when they were going to show or if they were going to show. >> reporter: but now you can schedule an inspection time and the inspector will call you when he's on the way. >> joe the plumber doesn't have to sit for six hours waiting for us to inspect a water heater. >> reporter: d.c. plans to roll out more ways, including a way for senior citizens to make home improvements. mark segraves, news4. news4 at 6:00 starts now. now at 6:00, president trump to end and his wife today met with another another important ally. questions about russia dominated the day, after "the new york times" reported that mr. trump's campaign aides made repeated contact with senior russian intelligence officials during the campaign. our team is covering all the angles. we begin with tracie potts

>> reporter: good evening. while the president was trying to show off his long-standing and close relationship with israel's prime minister, she he facing tough questions today about the resignation of his national security adviser, about ties to russia, and about new calls for an independent investigation. >> i think it's very, very unfair what's happened to general flynn. >> reporter: president trump defending the national security adviser he asked to resign, but not addressing "the new york times" report that the fbi tracked phone calls between trump campaign aides and russian intelligence, while russia was being investigated for trying to influence the election. instead the president today attacked the media and leaks from inside his administration. >> and the documents and papers that were illegally -- i stress that -- illegally leaked. it's criminal action, criminal act. >> reporter: classified information, he calls it, being given out like candy. >> the question of leaks, you